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CVE-2012-5576

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2...

7.5 HighFix available

CVE-2012-5576 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Gimp, published December 18, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.81%, the 94th percentile. Fixed in gimp 2.8.2-2.

What does this mean?
Severity
7.5 HighCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
6.81%EPSS, 94th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
2.8.2-2gimp +31 more

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.8.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large (1) red, (2) green, or (3) blue color mask in an XWD file.

Exploit likelihood

6.81%Down 0.7 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
gimp
Debian:12
before 2.8.2-2
2.8.2-2
gimp
Debian:13
before 2.8.2-2
2.8.2-2
gimp
Debian:14
before 2.8.2-2
2.8.2-2
gimp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
gimp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
gimp-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
gimp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
gimp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
gimp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
gimp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
gimp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
gimp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
gimp-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
2:2.2.13-3.el5_10
gimp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
gimp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
gimp-help-browser
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
gimp-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
gimp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
gimp-devel-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
gimp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
gimp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
gimp-help-browser
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
gimp-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
gimp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
gimp-devel-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
gimp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
gimp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
gimp-help-browser
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
gimp-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
gimp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
gimp-devel-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
2:2.6.9-6.el6_5
gimp
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 2.8.18-1.4
2.8.18-1.4

What each source reports

NVD Score used7.5

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.8.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large (1) red, (2) green, or (3) blue color mask in an XWD file.

Record
CVE-2012-5576
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.8.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large (1) red, (2) green, or (3) blue color mask in an XWD file.

Record
CVE-2012-5576
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-5465No score

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.8.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large (1) red, (2) green, or (3) blue color mask in an XWD file.

Record
EUVD-2012-5465
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vgwq-q6hg-h895No score

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2...

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.8.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large (1) red, (2) green, or (3) blue color mask in an XWD file.

Record
GHSA-vgwq-q6hg-h895
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVNo score

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.8.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large (1) red, (2) green, or (3) blue color mask in an XWD file.

Record
CVE-2012-5576
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-5576No score

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.8.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large (1) red, (2) green, or (3) blue color mask in an XWD file.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5576
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10294-1No score

gimp-2.8.18-1.4 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the gimp-2.8.18-1.4 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10294-1
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

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